List of governors of Andhra Pradesh

The governor of Andhra Pradesh is the head of state of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. This is a list of governors of Andhra Pradesh, including Andhra State and united Andhra Pradesh, in office from 1953 to the present date. The official residence of the governor is the Raj Bhavan, situated in Vijayawada. E. S. L. Narasimhan is the longest serving governor. The current incumbent is S. Abdul Nazeer since 13 February 2023.

Governor of Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent
S. Abdul Nazeer
since 13 February 2023 (2023-02-13)
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRaj Bhavan, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
AppointerPresident of India
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderChandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
Formation1 November 1956 (1956-11-01)
Websitewww.rajbhavan.ap.gov.in

List

List of governors of Andhra state

Governors of Andhra State, Andhra State consisted of Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. This state was carved out of Madras State in 1953.

Data from Andhra Pradesh State Portal.[1]

# Name Portrait From To Term length Appointed by
1 Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi 1 October 1953 31 October 1956 1,127 days Rajendra Prasad

List of governors of Andhra Pradesh

On 1 November 1956, Hyderabad State ceased to exist; its Gulbarga and Aurangabad divisions were merged into Mysore State and Bombay State respectively. Its remaining Telugu-speaking portion, was merged with Andhra State to form the new state of United Andhra Pradesh.
The state was bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states on 2 June 2014 by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014

# Name Portrait From To Term length Appointed by
1 Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi 1 November 1956 1 August 1957 1,005 days Rajendra Prasad
2 Bhim Sen Sachar 1 August 1957 8 September 1962 1,865 days
3 Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh 8 September 1962 4 May 1964 605 days Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
4 Pattom A. Thanu Pillai Pattom_A._Thanu_Pillai_(image) 4 May 1964 11 April 1968 1,439 days
5 Khandubhai Kasanji Desai   11 April 1968 25 January 1975 2,481 days Zakir Husain
6 S. Obul Reddy   25 January 1975 10 January 1976 351 days Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
7 Mohanlal Sukhadia 10 January 1976 16 June 1976 159 days
8 Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare 16 June 1976 17 February 1977 247 days
9 B. J. Divan   17 February 1977 5 May 1977 78 days B. D. Jatti
10 Sharda Mukherjee   5 May 1977 15 August 1978 468 days
11 K. C. Abraham   15 August 1978 15 August 1983 1,827 days Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
12 Thakur Ram Lal 15 August 1983 29 August 1984 381 days Giani Zail Singh
13 Shankar Dayal Sharma 29 August 1984 26 November 1985 455 days
14 Kumudben Joshi 26 November 1985 7 February 1990 1,535 days
15 Krishan Kant 7 February 1990 22 August 1997 2,754 days R. Venkataraman
16 Gopala Ramanujam   22 August 1997 24 November 1997 95 days K. R. Narayanan
17 C. Rangarajan 24 November 1997 3 January 2003 1,867 days
18 Surjit Singh Barnala 3 January 2003 4 November 2004 672 days A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
19 Sushilkumar Shinde 4 November 2004 29 January 2006 452 days
20 Rameshwar Thakur 29 January 2006 22 August 2007 571 days
21 N. D. Tiwari 22 August 2007 27 December 2009 859 days Pratibha Devisingh Patil
Acting E. S. L. Narasimhan 28 December 2009 22 January 2010 3,496 days
22 23 January 2010 1 June 2014
2 June 2014[note 1][lower-roman 1] 23 July 2019 Pranab Mukherjee
23 Biswabhusan Harichandan 24 July 2019 23 February 2023 1,311days Ram Nath Kovind
24 S. Abdul Nazeer 24 February 2023 Incumbent 76 days Droupadi Murmu

See also

Notes

  1. Also served as Governor of Telangana
  1. After 58 years, the state was bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states on 2 June 2014 by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.

References

  1. "List of Governors". AP State Portal. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
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